Saggs and the City and Toady

This lady could have been a so-called 'schizophrenic, chain-saw murderer or con-artist', but she is certainly not! She is in fact one fellow Singaporean whom I 'met' through Offsprings' blog. When I found out she's got the same job as me, ie 'employed' by husband and a manager to the household and kiddo, I was keen to make friends with her. It's nice to know someone from our hometown with a child of the same age. Though she lives in London and doesn't drive, it didn't deter her from accepting my invitation to Lavigne's recent party. I like it when I can feel so comfortable with someone whom I've just met in person. It helps when they are such easy-going people who are humourous as well. This far from dangerous lady even helped me vacuum the room after the guests had left. Saggs' been so kind with her words in her post about Lavigne's party. (By the way Saggs, I cheated with the cake. I bought cake mixes from Sainsbury's and merely added eggs and water before baking them. The only things that were made from scratch were the Malteser Choc Mousse and fresh cream topping. Even the bananas were moulded from ready-made sugarpaste. So yes, I didn't make the cake from scratch). Hop on over to read it and yes, there are lots of photos to see.

Another Singaporean family at the party were Val, Alan and their son Luke. I knew her sometime before Lavigne was born. We were from the same motherhood forum. The first time I met her face to face was at Jeannieve's birthday party last December when I went back to Singapore. Her husband's work brought her family here to London a couple of months ago. Again, I thought it'll be nice to have them at the party since Luke's around the same age as Lavigne too. I'm not sure if Luke enjoyed himself because he was napping in the car and was woken up. I certainly hope that he wasn't overwhelmed by the number of people present and that Val and Alan didn't feel left out as I didn't manage to spend enough time with them. (Sorry, Val!)

The most amazing thing is Sagg's hubby, Dennis and Alan were from the same school and cohort. Is this world small or what?

To these two wonderful families, I thank you for making the effort to attend Lavigne's party even though you don't live near the area. It's nice to be able to speak in Singlish and Mandarin with my fellow Singaporeans again.